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Car and Driver released their Lightning Lap video for the LL3 class (cars in a $60,000-$119,999 price range) cars. Eight cars competed in this class including the Ford Shelby GT500, Porsche Boxster S, Audi RS5, Audi S6, BMW M5, Porsche 911 Carrera S, BMW M6, and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series. Some very impressive hardware in this category and the comparison was done at VIR (Virginia International Raceway).

The new F10 M5 did not impress with its driving characteristics. Car and Driver stated the vehicle was very heavy in the 4400 pound range which quickly overwhelmed the tires. The steering was said to be numb but the car did post a respectable laptime which Car and Driver attributed to the power.

The F13 M6 was stated be incredibly similar to the F10 M5 although it is 206 pounds lighter. Car and Driver did not really like the M6 either complaining about the heft and rear end instability.

The Audi RS5 actually outlapped both of the previously mentioned BMW M cars despite the large power disparity. It even improved upon a V8 R8 previously tested.

The full laptime list and video for the LL3 class is below. Congratulations to Mercedes-Benz who had the fastest laptime of the class courtesy of the C63 AMG Black Series Coupe, very impressive:

BMW should just drop the ///M all together, they got beat by a $#@!ing Camaro, Mustang and Jaguar LMAO

Now's the part where all you BMW fan boys start bringing up 1000hp turbo E46's LOL......BMW should change their slogan from "The Ultimate Driving Machine" to "Living In The Past" or "Basking In Our Past Glory"

It really is amazing. Based on everything so far seen, I would have never guessed that the ZL1 would have been at the top. Beating a Black Series? I would have never believed it. Especially after seeing it get smoked in roll racing by tons of other cars less powerful...

Shocking to be honest. Put a lot of cars to shame - although it's hard for each driver to be consistent in every car, so who knows what the true variances are.

Wait till the 2015 Mustang comes out. It's supposed to finally have independant rear suspension. So it'll be faster straight line (as always) than the Camaro and now handle better. I'm betting that it's going to be badass.

BMW should just drop the ///M all together, they got beat by a $#@!ing Camaro, Mustang and Jaguar LMAO

Now's the part where all you BMW fan boys start bringing up 1000hp turbo E46's LOL......BMW should change their slogan from "The Ultimate Driving Machine" to "Living In The Past" or "Basking In Our Past Glory"

...at least one of their engines won Daytona this weekend.

They also won ALMS two years in a row and it takes a $100k+ Mercedes with far more power to beat the M3 around the track because the standard C63 can't...